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Michael Jackson To Be Buried Without His Brain (yes, that's the real headline)
UK Mirror ^ | David Gardner

Posted on 07/06/2009 5:11:07 PM PDT by MindBender26

Michael Jackson will be buried this week– without his brain. As his family tries to finalise details for the King of Pop’s funeral on Tuesday they have been told it will be held back for tests.

They faced the grim choice of waiting up to three weeks for Jackson’s brain to be returned to them or go ahead and bury him without it – which they have decided to do.

Los Angeles Coroner’s spokesman Craig Harvey confirmed that neuropathology tests will be carried out to see if it holds any clues to the exact cause of his death.

But the examination cannot begin until at least two weeks after the death when the brain has hardened sufficiently to slice it open.

Jackson died from a cardiac arrest at his Beverly Hills mansion on June 25 after a suspected overdose of painkillers.

Sources at the coroner’s office revealed that his brain was removed before his body was released to relatives the next day.

A forensic neuropathologist will test Jackson’s brain for, among other things, past drug use and whether he has suffered overdoses in the past.

The brain can also show any past abuse of alcohol or if the deceased had suffered from any one of a number of diseases. The source said that removing the brain is the “only way to carry out the tests”.

“The tissue has to be examined,” he said. “I can’t tell you how long that is going to take.”

One expert explained that the Jackson family could decide to wait and bury the brain with the rest of the body. But it is far more common for the lab to burn the remains once they’ve been examined or for them to be placed into the grave at a later date.

“It’s up to the family. They can bury him and then bury the brain later on,” said Dr Cyril Wecht, a former coroner and one of America’s foremost forensic pathologists.

But he added: “It’s rare for the body to be held back for two weeks or more.”


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I can just visialize some newscaster having to read this story on the air, cold, without a pre-read.

"This just in.... Michael Jackson will be burried without his brai... what the hell?"

1 posted on 07/06/2009 5:11:08 PM PDT by MindBender26
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To: MindBender26

That’d be a Thriller.


2 posted on 07/06/2009 5:13:43 PM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: MindBender26
Prehaps they can loan it to Biden.
3 posted on 07/06/2009 5:14:39 PM PDT by duckman (Jesus I trust in You. Mary take over)
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To: MindBender26

This will make Jackson a viable candidate for the US Congress.


4 posted on 07/06/2009 5:15:39 PM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: MindBender26

theres a bunch of people in the white house who are governing without brains for six months now.


5 posted on 07/06/2009 5:15:51 PM PDT by Armedanddangerous ( I think you're so full of inconsolable rage you don't care who you hurt)
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To: MindBender26

Others to be buried with ole Michael will be a heartless tin man a spineless lion and obammmma’s birth certificate.


6 posted on 07/06/2009 5:15:54 PM PDT by shadeaud ("If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin)
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To: MindBender26

It begs the question, “Was it there to begin with?”


7 posted on 07/06/2009 5:15:59 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: MindBender26

The brain probably will bring a high price, since Michael obviously never used it.


8 posted on 07/06/2009 5:16:47 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: MindBender26
Just like the pharaohs.
9 posted on 07/06/2009 5:23:34 PM PDT by americanophile (Sarcasm: satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language.)
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To: shadeaud

“Others to be buried with ole Michael will be a heartless tin man a spineless lion...”

Well Michael did play the part of the Scarecrow in The Wiz, afterall, so going brainless would be suitable.


10 posted on 07/06/2009 5:25:11 PM PDT by ozark hilljilly (My gub'mint calls me a terrorist, but my kids call me "Mom".)
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To: MindBender26

...And the freak show CONTINUES!


11 posted on 07/06/2009 5:25:27 PM PDT by CommieCutter (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/ht/qt/3013_08.html)
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To: Lawgvr1955

The body without the brain? Or the brain by itself?


12 posted on 07/06/2009 5:25:33 PM PDT by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
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13 posted on 07/06/2009 5:25:33 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: MindBender26
I was under the impression that Muslim's needed to be buried within 24 hours of expiration.
14 posted on 07/06/2009 5:26:06 PM PDT by goodtomato
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To: plain talk

wonder how much it will bring on eBay?


15 posted on 07/06/2009 5:26:31 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: SpaceBar

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any weirder.....


16 posted on 07/06/2009 5:26:45 PM PDT by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: MindBender26

““It’s up to the family. They can bury him and then bury the brain later on,” said Dr Cyril Wecht”

If they opt for that, will they have a memorial service for the brain? Wouldn’t surprise me.


17 posted on 07/06/2009 5:27:40 PM PDT by ozark hilljilly (My gub'mint calls me a terrorist, but my kids call me "Mom".)
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To: Da Coyote

Michael to be buried as a Zombie!


18 posted on 07/06/2009 5:27:43 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: MindBender26

Well, he was born without one so I assume he could do without it just as well now.


19 posted on 07/06/2009 5:28:25 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (ABC-AP-MSNBC-All Obama, All the time.)
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To: MindBender26

“Abby” normal?


20 posted on 07/06/2009 5:28:34 PM PDT by LiberConservative
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